Guide to Your Financial Life
WSJ Week #5     Name      Correct

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1. A check that may be purchased for a fee at a store, bank, or post office that
      allows one person to pay money to another is called
       Check Without Recourse Order
       Fee Simple Order
       a Money Order
       Simple Recourse Order

2. A kind of savings account typically offered by banks and credit unions that offers
      higher interest rates than a regular savings account is called a
       Money Market Account
       Marginally Higher Interest Account
       Marginal Savings Account
       Higher Interest Rate Account

3. The amount paid for using someone else's money is referred to as
       Financing Cost
       Interest
       Principle
       Jail Time

4. A person who dies without a legal will is said to be
       Beyond Probate
       Inescrow
       Intestate
       Without representation

5. The terms used when a person writes a check or uses a debt card to take out more
      money than is in his or her checking account is referred to as
       Poor Asset Management
       Debit Elimination
       Closed End Transaction
       Insufficient Funds

6. Items of value that can be converted into cash are called
       Claims
       Assets
       Liabilities
       Equity

7. In a bond, the interest rate paid each year is called
       the Coupon Rate
       the Yield to Maturity
       the Yield to Date
       the Rate Outstanding

8. A card that looks like a credit card but works more like a personal check is a
       Master Card
       Withdrawal Card
       Debit Card
       Checking Card

9. An easily accessible account at a bank or credit union that pays a modest interest rate
      on your savings is a
       Teller Account
       Bank Book Account
       Savings Account
       Routine Monthly Account

10. A type of account that pays a fixed interest rate if you agree to leave your money alone
      for a certain period of time is called
       a Time Sensative Account
       a Commercial Paper
       a Certificate of Deposit
       a Bank Note

11. On your paycheck, the money subtracted to pay for Social Security and Medicare is called
       SSTA
       SSMC
       ERISA
       FICA

12. A financial cooperative owned by its members that acts much like a bank is a
       Credit Union
       Lenders Association
       Fiduciary Alliance
       Micro-Bank

13. Financial Institutions such as savings banks and savings and loans are called
       People's Financials
       Premium Financials
       Thrifts
       Coupon Institutions

14. The mathematical rule for fiiguring out how long it will take to double your money is
       the Guide of twelves
       the Rule of twelves
       the Rule of 72
       the Guide of 72

15. In banking terms APY stands for
       Advanced Principle Yield
       Adjusted Primary Yield
       Annual Percentage Yield
       Average Principle Yield

16. In banking terms ATM stands for
       Average Transactional Method
       Adjusted Transferable Mortgage
       Automated Teller Machine
       Average Time to Maturity

17. When you write a check or make payments with your debit card that exceed the
      amount of money that you have in your account, it is called
       Overdraft
       Bounce Draft
       Over and back
       Bounce Back

18. a bank service where the bank agrees to loan you the money to cover your bounced
      check up to a certain amount is called
       Overdraft Insurance
       Overdraft Protection
       Bounced Protection
       Bounced Insurance

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